2023-11-02 16:59:39
After winning the Vuelta a España the previous year, Remco Evenepoel failed in the general classification of the two major races he did in 2023. That, added to the superlative level of other riders, has generated doubts regarding his voltamaniac skills.
CARAVACA DE LA CRUZ, SPAIN – SEPTEMBER 03: (L-R) Remco Evenepoel of Belgium and Team Soudal – Quick Step and Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Team Jumbo-Visma after cross the finish line during the 78th Tour of Spain 2023, Stage 9 a 184,5 stage from Cartagena to Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca 1089m / #UCIWT / on September 03, 2023 in Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca, Spain. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)
Even so, the Belgian continues with his project of being a Tour man and will know the French round in 2024. The point is that not even his own team is sure that Remco can deal with those who dominated the three-week tests almost five years ago.
At least that’s how Patrick Lefevere, manager of Soudal QuickStep, explained it to La Dernière Heure. “We still don’t know why his debacle was in the Vuelta. I think it was a combination of factors. “He ran a lot this year and probably didn’t take the right amount of time to recover from Covid,” he opined.
“Maybe he should have run again in the Tour of Belgium and not in Switzerland, which was harder,” he continued. “As a result, we still have doubts about the exact level he can reach against guys like Vingegaard or Pogacar in the Tour,” he acknowledged.
“We would have preferred him to enjoy the three weeks of the Giro before going to the Tour. But because of everything that happened, now he is forced to go to France,” the manager concluded.
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